In a land far, far away lived a well respected royal family. The husband and wife were the rulers of this land called Ojibawa. The king’s name was Sir Earn and his wife’s name is Fern. Earn and Fern were so in love, but there was one problem to their perfect marriage. They had been married for ten years, and for the past eight years of their marriage they have been trying to have a baby. They prefered to have a baby boy to keep the royalty in their family. However, at this point in time and with regard to their frustration of not being able to conceive a child, they did not care whether the baby was a boy or a girl.
Finally, on their eleventh year anniversary, Earn and Fern were told by the old wise woman of the town Ojibawa that they had conceived a child. The wise old woman also told the royal couple that their child was going to be a baby boy. Earn and Fern were so happy; they did not know how they could possibly wait nine months to be a family and see their first born. Earn wanted nothing more than to have a family. He wanted to be[the best dad that there ever was. Three weeks after Earn was born, his had father passed away. He never got to have a real father figure in his life; he made a promise to himself that he was going to be the father that he always hoped he had.
Nine long months finally passed and Fern had this weird and sickening feeling in her stomach while she was eating lunch. She began to panic and told Earn that she was in labor. The best doctors in all of Ojibawa came to the royal palace to deliver the baby boy. While Fern was giving birth, she became unconscious. The doctors tried their best to bring her back to a conscious state once the baby boy was born. Unfortunately, they were unable to save Fern, and she died.
Earn became so terribly sad because he loved Fern so very much. He also went into shock at how the mother of his newborn had just died. It reminded him of how unhappy he was while he was growing up to not have a father. He began to think that all newborn baby boys were evil. If they did not kill one of their parents, then they would do something else evil in life. Earn no longer had the capability to love his son, although before his birth, he wanted nothing more than to have a baby boy.
Earn was so sad and upset about the loss of his wife that he could not imagine living with and raising his son. He took his son to an abandoned forest that no one has been to for over two hundred years. The reason the forest was abandoned was because all that is evil lived there. Earn takes his son wrapped in a blanket in a basket to the forest and left him by a tall tree. Only a couple hours after Earn left his son, did a cruel sorcerer find the baby boy and take it home. Initially, the sorcerer wanted to kill the baby boy and use parts of him for experiments and parts of him for his supper. Right before he was about to kill the baby boy, he realized that this mysterious little creature from the royal family could be of more use than he realized once he gets older.
The sorcerer then decided that he was going to raise the baby till he reached the age of eighteen. He knew that once the boy reached age seven, he would be able to help the sorcerer around the house and in the forest. He knew that he could train the boy to fight and use magic to protect the sorcerer as the sorcerer aged. He planned to kill the boy on his eighteenth birthday because he knew the boy would not live with him forever, and if he could not have him forever, he did not want anyone to know him.
He decided to name the boy Owen. As Owen aged, he did exactly as the sorcerer asked him to do. The sorcerer tricked him in to doing all these things because he said he was his father and that a boy should never disrespect his father. Eighteen long years of hard work finally passed, and on his birthday the sorcerer planned to kill him. However, that day, the boy mistakenly ventured out to the town and ran into the old wise woman.
She said “Ah yes, you must be the royal son”
Owen answered “What? No, see I live in the forest with my father.”
The old wise woman pointed to the abandoned forest and said, “That one?”
Owen replied, “Yes, that one”
“Well that can not be! You are the royal child; how did you get there? Something is terribly wrong!” remarked the old wise woman.
She looked in her portable crystal ball, and it did show that Owen lived in the abandoned forest. It also showed that he was going to be killed on this very day too.
The old wise woman warned him, “Owen, please promise me you will not go back there. The man you live with is a sorcerer, he is not your father, and he is planning on killing you today. I kid you not, my boy.”
“This can not be!” said the boy.
“Oh, but it is. Promise me you’ll save yourself,” said the old wise woman.
When Owen made it back to the sorcerer’s house he knew he had to kill the sorcerer before the sorcerer killed him. He used the magic spells that the sorcerer had taught him to kill off other enemies in the forest to his advantage. Since the sorcerer did not know that Owen knew of his plan, he did not see it coming. Owen figured that the sorcerer would try to kill him by putting a deathly potion in his soup at supper. Therefore, Owen made his own deathly potion and poured five drops of it in his soup while it was sitting on the table cooling. Owen asked the sorcerer to try the soup to see if it was cool enough. The sorcerer, not knowing better, tried the soup and began to choke. Owen then turned to him and said, “I beat you at your own game.”
Owen remembered the old wise woman telling him in the village that the only way to change the forest back to good from evil was if someone poured two drops of the sacred water from the top of an extremely tall and dangerous mountain at the end of the forest. Owen went to the mountain and began to climb it. The wind was so strong that he was nearly thrown off many, many times. He had no food and only a little water that he found on the mountain. After two days of not sleeping and constant movement upward, Owen made it to the top. He scooped the sacred water into his glass vase and secured the top. When he made it to the bottom, he poured exactly two drops into the ground and fell asleep. The next morning he awoke and the forest that was once gloomy and dark and filled with only those that are evil was now a park filled with light and happiness.
Owen rushed to the town and asked the townspeople where the royal palace was. When he finally arrived, he saw King Earn and told him he was his son. He had been living in the abandon forest with a sorcerer who named him Owen. He told him of his encounter with the old woman and how he killed the sorcerer. Owen explained his painful journey to the top of the mountain and how he retrieved the sacred water and turned the park back to a joyful place for all that are good. Earn went to the park and saw it for himself. He was so happy; it was the first time he smiled in eighteen years. He was so happy to be reunited with his son, for he was sure that he was dead. Earn then realized that not every son brings evil. He was proud of son, in his eyes, his son was a hero.
Owen moved into the royal palace with Earn. Fell in love with a woman from the town. The two got married, and they had a son of their own. Nothing bad came from the birth of their baby boy, and Owen proved to his father that not all births of sons bring evil.
Finally, on their eleventh year anniversary, Earn and Fern were told by the old wise woman of the town Ojibawa that they had conceived a child. The wise old woman also told the royal couple that their child was going to be a baby boy. Earn and Fern were so happy; they did not know how they could possibly wait nine months to be a family and see their first born. Earn wanted nothing more than to have a family. He wanted to be[the best dad that there ever was. Three weeks after Earn was born, his had father passed away. He never got to have a real father figure in his life; he made a promise to himself that he was going to be the father that he always hoped he had.
Nine long months finally passed and Fern had this weird and sickening feeling in her stomach while she was eating lunch. She began to panic and told Earn that she was in labor. The best doctors in all of Ojibawa came to the royal palace to deliver the baby boy. While Fern was giving birth, she became unconscious. The doctors tried their best to bring her back to a conscious state once the baby boy was born. Unfortunately, they were unable to save Fern, and she died.
Earn became so terribly sad because he loved Fern so very much. He also went into shock at how the mother of his newborn had just died. It reminded him of how unhappy he was while he was growing up to not have a father. He began to think that all newborn baby boys were evil. If they did not kill one of their parents, then they would do something else evil in life. Earn no longer had the capability to love his son, although before his birth, he wanted nothing more than to have a baby boy.
Earn was so sad and upset about the loss of his wife that he could not imagine living with and raising his son. He took his son to an abandoned forest that no one has been to for over two hundred years. The reason the forest was abandoned was because all that is evil lived there. Earn takes his son wrapped in a blanket in a basket to the forest and left him by a tall tree. Only a couple hours after Earn left his son, did a cruel sorcerer find the baby boy and take it home. Initially, the sorcerer wanted to kill the baby boy and use parts of him for experiments and parts of him for his supper. Right before he was about to kill the baby boy, he realized that this mysterious little creature from the royal family could be of more use than he realized once he gets older.
The sorcerer then decided that he was going to raise the baby till he reached the age of eighteen. He knew that once the boy reached age seven, he would be able to help the sorcerer around the house and in the forest. He knew that he could train the boy to fight and use magic to protect the sorcerer as the sorcerer aged. He planned to kill the boy on his eighteenth birthday because he knew the boy would not live with him forever, and if he could not have him forever, he did not want anyone to know him.
He decided to name the boy Owen. As Owen aged, he did exactly as the sorcerer asked him to do. The sorcerer tricked him in to doing all these things because he said he was his father and that a boy should never disrespect his father. Eighteen long years of hard work finally passed, and on his birthday the sorcerer planned to kill him. However, that day, the boy mistakenly ventured out to the town and ran into the old wise woman.
She said “Ah yes, you must be the royal son”
Owen answered “What? No, see I live in the forest with my father.”
The old wise woman pointed to the abandoned forest and said, “That one?”
Owen replied, “Yes, that one”
“Well that can not be! You are the royal child; how did you get there? Something is terribly wrong!” remarked the old wise woman.
She looked in her portable crystal ball, and it did show that Owen lived in the abandoned forest. It also showed that he was going to be killed on this very day too.
The old wise woman warned him, “Owen, please promise me you will not go back there. The man you live with is a sorcerer, he is not your father, and he is planning on killing you today. I kid you not, my boy.”
“This can not be!” said the boy.
“Oh, but it is. Promise me you’ll save yourself,” said the old wise woman.
When Owen made it back to the sorcerer’s house he knew he had to kill the sorcerer before the sorcerer killed him. He used the magic spells that the sorcerer had taught him to kill off other enemies in the forest to his advantage. Since the sorcerer did not know that Owen knew of his plan, he did not see it coming. Owen figured that the sorcerer would try to kill him by putting a deathly potion in his soup at supper. Therefore, Owen made his own deathly potion and poured five drops of it in his soup while it was sitting on the table cooling. Owen asked the sorcerer to try the soup to see if it was cool enough. The sorcerer, not knowing better, tried the soup and began to choke. Owen then turned to him and said, “I beat you at your own game.”
Owen remembered the old wise woman telling him in the village that the only way to change the forest back to good from evil was if someone poured two drops of the sacred water from the top of an extremely tall and dangerous mountain at the end of the forest. Owen went to the mountain and began to climb it. The wind was so strong that he was nearly thrown off many, many times. He had no food and only a little water that he found on the mountain. After two days of not sleeping and constant movement upward, Owen made it to the top. He scooped the sacred water into his glass vase and secured the top. When he made it to the bottom, he poured exactly two drops into the ground and fell asleep. The next morning he awoke and the forest that was once gloomy and dark and filled with only those that are evil was now a park filled with light and happiness.
Owen rushed to the town and asked the townspeople where the royal palace was. When he finally arrived, he saw King Earn and told him he was his son. He had been living in the abandon forest with a sorcerer who named him Owen. He told him of his encounter with the old woman and how he killed the sorcerer. Owen explained his painful journey to the top of the mountain and how he retrieved the sacred water and turned the park back to a joyful place for all that are good. Earn went to the park and saw it for himself. He was so happy; it was the first time he smiled in eighteen years. He was so happy to be reunited with his son, for he was sure that he was dead. Earn then realized that not every son brings evil. He was proud of son, in his eyes, his son was a hero.
Owen moved into the royal palace with Earn. Fell in love with a woman from the town. The two got married, and they had a son of their own. Nothing bad came from the birth of their baby boy, and Owen proved to his father that not all births of sons bring evil.
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